For hundreds of years, the story of the Yang family has been recited, and the Yang family has been loyal to the country for generations, and the blood stained the battlefield, which is touching. But the story of the Yang family general we see now is actually rewritten after several generations of folk circulation, which is very different from the real Yang family general at that time.
In the current Yang family general interpretation, some people are real in history, such as Liulang Yang Yanzhao. Some were fictionalized later, such as Yang Zongbao and Mu Guiying. As for why fiction is made, it is nothing more than to increase the readability of the Yang family's story.
Mu Guiying in the rendition, that is really the female Haojie, in her fifties, also led a large group of widows of the Yang family on a western expedition, and finally died on the battlefield. However, through the various historical materials, we find that there are very few historical materials about Mu Guiying.
On the other hand, her husband, Yang Zongbao, the son of Yang Yanzhao, can be determined to be a fictional character, so Mu Guiying's existence is very doubtful.
According to historical records, the Yang family will actually have only three generations, not four generations. From the old Linggong Yang Ye to Liulang Yang Yanzhao, and then to Yang Yanzhao's son Yang Wenguang, this is real, there is no Yang Zongbao.
Since there is no Yang Zongbao, there is no Mu Guiying, then the so-called Great Heavenly Gate Array, Mu Kezhai's recruitment of relatives and other stories are all fictional. These are all created by posterity in order to make the image of the Yang family general and the Yang men female general more tall.
But in recent years, with the continuous development of archaeology, some people have raised their own doubts, if Mu Guiying is indeed just a virtual character, then how to explain the Mukezhai ruins scattered throughout the north? In Shunyi in Beijing, there are in Hebei, in Shanxi, and in Hunyuan.
What is even more incredible is that someone found a tomb that may be Mu Guiying in Xiyadi Village, a remote village in Lüliang, Shanxi. The story of Yang Jiajian takes place in the north, and Mu Guiying has also been fighting in the north in the rendition, and his death is also dead in the north, so it is not unusual to find her tomb in the north. Can all this prove that there may really be Mu Guiying in history?
It is said that when the Yangmen female general marched on Western Xia, she was ambushed by the Western Xia, and Mu Guiying was killed by an arrow, and the Western Xia people threw her body under the Cliff of Tears. Now this tear cliff is still there, located at the eastern end of the Hexi Corridor, and under the cliff is a lonely tomb without a owner. Is this Mu Guiying's tomb?
And is the tomb of Mu Guiying, which appears in many places in northern China, spontaneously built because people are grateful for the merits of this heroine? It seems that there are still many mysteries about Mu Guiying that we have not solved. Since there are so many clues, it is necessary for archaeologists to restart the archaeological excavation of Mu Guiying's tomb to see if new evidence can be found.
But for ordinary Chinese people, Mu Guiying is a real, flesh-and-blood heroine, and in her body she embodies love for the country, the nation, and her family. For this love, she can give up her life; for this love, she can give up all glory and wealth. When the country needs her, she can give up her small family for everyone without hesitation, and the story of her and Yang family will be recited by the Chinese forever. As for whether she is a real or virtual character, it really doesn't matter so much to ordinary Chinese.